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tuition.

The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tjuːˈɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation/t͡ʃuːˈɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation/tjʉːˈɪʃən/Australia/t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/Australia
  1. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

    Ireland · UK · countable · uncountable
  2. Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

    Australia · India · Malaysia · Singapore · countable · uncountable
    tuition classes
  3. A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

    Canada · Philippines · US · countable · uncountable
    The school's tuition will increase by five percent next year.
  4. Care, guardianship.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

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